I'm a pop culture geek, married to a non-geek, "normie" guy. I also like cooking and crafts. My own crochet patterns posted here. Please be respectful of my work and keep in mind that most of those crochet patterns have only been made once or twice. If you find a mistake, let me know. If you make something, please send me a link back.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012

I just planted these bulbs earlier this spring. It was a mixed bag of these and Stargazer lilies. These are Strawberries and Cream lilies. Since they are a hybrid, I think I can reasonably expect 4-5 years of good blooms out of them, However, they aren't nearly as tall as my original Stargazer lilies were/ Those suckers got about 4' tall. These guys were only 1' tall this year.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

She actually quilted R2-D2 into a quilt! Isn't this the most adorable little thing you've ever seen? She included three loops on the back for hanging (time to get a dowel this weekend).

This really made me happy. Which wasn't a small feat. My mother-in-law just recently passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack. After my time back home had come to an end, I spent 1 1/2 days trying to find a flight to come home on, with my standby ticket. Nothing was working. All the flights I was eligible for were oversold. On Wednesday, I was there for 12 hours straight.

My friend Michelle was taking care of our house and cat while we were gone back home. She texted me that a package had arrived for me. By the way she described the package, I knew what it was. I emailed StickerChic and the swap moderator and told them I couldn't make an updated post right now, so I suggested that StickerChic go ahead and post any photos she had of the quilt because I was a couple days away from seeing it in person.

When StickerChic posted the above photo, I saw it while goofing off with my laptop at the airport. For some reason, I guess from being really emotional over our family's loss, I got all teary eyed when I saw this little R2-D2 quilt. It means a lot to me.

I figured I'd be doing a fair amount of riding in the car and on the plane, of course, so as I was packing in a frenzy, I had enough sense of mind to throw three skeins of yarn and a crochet hook into my bag.

I don't even have the labels for this yarn anymore, so I don't know the company or color, just that there are two colors here, which were very similar in tone.

Obviously, this is a granny square blanket, probably just over three wide, made with an H sized crochet hook and finished off with a picot edge. I would have preferred to do the edging in a different color, but I wasn't going to insist on a trip to Wal-Mart to try and get one more skein. This was supposed to be a travel stashbuster project, so I kept as just a simple acrylic yarn blanket.

When I started it, I didn't have much of a purpose in mind for it. My husband suggested giving it to his step-uncle and his wife. They had just become grandparents three weeks before. I thought that was a great idea, and it was the first time I had ever met them. It was well received.

So thank you StickerChic, for a wonderful quilt. And thank you to Jeanie, for being a wonderful mother-in-law to me, and a wonderful mother to my husband. We miss you.

Good Geek Quotes To Live By

“Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy and not being afraid to demonstrate that affection. It means never having to play it cool about how much you like something. It’s basically a license to proudly emote on a somewhat childish level rather than behave like a supposed adult. Being a geek is extremely liberating.”

--Simon Pegg

"Being a fangirl or a nerd means that you’re not afraid to love things. That’s what it really gets down to: a conscious decision to not let societal stigma tell you how appropriate your feelings are or are not."--Sara @ Fantastic Fangirls

"Wil Wheaton Says: Don't be a dick"--Wil Wheaton

"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."